Snow-free low elevation conditions after a dusting on snow on Pagosa Peak on 1/11/25. As our bare-ground winter has persisted in Pagosa...

The 2024 meltdown is well underway!  The snowpack at the Upper San Juan Snotel site (USJSS) peaked 3 days early on April 11th with 25.8...

When you turn on a faucet in your home, where does the water come from? Since we live in the headwaters of the San Juan River, we can see...

Every kid needs a hero or two and John Fielder, Colorado's premier nature photographer, was one of mine. As a kid, I'd pour over his...

As I enter my 25th year of living in the Southern San Juans, I’ve witnessed events this spring that I’ve never seen before! For example,...

How does our current snowpack stack up to the epic winter of 2018-2019? In the 23 years that I’ve shoveled snow in Pagosa, I can’t...

Spring runoff on the San Juan River started alarmingly fast with an early spike of 1670 cfs on 4/22! Since that spike was higher than...

A classic Colorado childhood isn't complete without snacking on snowballs and catching scrumptious snowflakes on the tongue. One of my...

Like constellations in the night sky, some see shapes in the snow and claim that they can foretell the future. From October till May,...

It’s time for my annual San Juan River spring runoff prediction! The 2021 water year is half over and spring runoff on the San Juan...

I stared through The Window, the legendary 600-foot notch in the Rio Grande Pyramid’s southern flank. I’d seen The Window from the...

On October 5th, 1911, the San Juan River experienced the highest and most devastating flood on record. Since the flood washed out every...

If you're a local, there’s a good chance that you’ve seen the highest point in Archuleta County but didn’t know it. Unlike the familiar...

When I see a conspicuous mountain on the skyline, I crave to view the world from its perspective and long for the awaiting adventure. In...

It may surprise you to know that the 2020 spring runoff on the San Juan River was a top-five event! While the 2019 spring runoff was the...

Wondering when and how much streamflow to expect in the San Juan River during the 2020 spring runoff? And how will the 2020 spring...

Rather than climbing snowbanks onto the Pagosa Springs High School roof or jumping out of the second-story classroom windows into the...

Wondering how the snowpack in the Southern San Juan Mountains stacks up to the last year and the historic norm? January is usually the...

How does the 2020 snowpack stack up to last year and to the historic norm? Snow-wise, 2019 is a tough act to follow, but I was surprised...

Winter in the mountains...for some, a snow-covered landscape brings chills and dread, for others, it brings excitement and new...